I used to duck in the cafes and ice cream parlors on Farish and Fortification streets and listen to people like Buddy Johnson, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Liggins and Louis Jordan on the jukebox.

The band opened shows for national acts such as The "5" Royales and Hank Ballard and The Midnighters at area clubs.

This group includes Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones, Babe Stovall, and Little Freddie King.

[6] Jones began to frequent Joe Assunto's One Stop Record Shop at 330 South Rampart Street in the early 1960s.

[8] Jones convinced One Stop clerk Eugene "Whurley Burley” Burlison that he might profit from his association with Assunto if he launched his own record label.

[9] Jones' second studio session, with Quezergue at the helm, generated "I Think Of You" backed with "Sugar Dee" for the Watch label in 1965 .

[11] Writer Michael Hurtt noted, "'Whatcha Gonna Do' reveals a jarring side of the Senator, who's amped with the sweat-drenched dedication of a revivalist preacher, testifying all the way to kingdom come.

[11] "Sweet Thing" backed with the topical "Miniskirt Dance" was leased to Bell Records in 1967 for national distribution, but failed to chart.

Charles, who worked as a tugboat captain on the Mississippi River, had learned the guitar from his father, a bluesman who played juke joints in Plaquemines Parish.

[13] He recorded a handful of releases on artists Guitar Ray, Vickie Labat, Donald Lee Richardson, and under his own name.

[13] A list of Jones' labels includes Black Patch, Shagg, Hep’ Me, Jenmark, Super Dome, JB's, Gamma, Paid, and Mode.

He also recorded well-known local musicians Johnny Adams, Tommy Ridgely, Chris Kenner, Chuck Carbo, and Barbara George.

[18] After Allen Toussaint and record man Marshall Sehorn opened Sea-Saint Studios in 1973[19] the studio did well producing hits like "Lady Marmalade" for LaBelle, and recording a succession of well-known artists including Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart, John Mayall, and Elvis Costello.

In 1978 they brought in engineer Cosimo Matassa, and opened the studio to independent producers, among them Senator Jones.

[20] Jones struck a deal with Marshall Sehorn that exchanged a percentage of his record sales for studio time at Sea-Saint.

Sinegal had recorded the song in 1964 with the Skyliners- including New Orleans jazz musicians James Rivers on sax and Milton Batiste on trumpet.

He said he borrowed the intro from Dave Bartholomew's "Good Jax Boogie", and the body of the song from "Joe Avery's Blues", a traditional jazz number.

[22] By 1985, the local radio market had become dominated by stations controlled by corporate interests and long distance owners airing national playlists.